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Three stories to delight you: a couple leaving their fancy west end condo to experience life on Gale, a Gulf Island; a young woman leaving her beloved Gulf Island to experience life in the city; and a humorous vignette of life in Tofino, on the west coast of Vancouver Island.
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Every story, seven in all, deal with journeys in the emotional, spiritual sense.
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Historical … romantic … based on the legend of Jay's Grave, on Dartmoor in England, Mary's Child is a tale of love and courage.
When Mary Jay is incarcerated in the workhouse after the death of her mother, it isn't until sixteen years later that she is apprenticed out to the Bennett's farm on Dartmoor. She has no idea it is only a few miles from where she was born, or that the man who darkened her mother's life, will threaten her own.
Her life becomes entangled with Leah Underwood's--Leah, who experiences the 'dark rider' as Mary thinks of him, in quite a different way, and who seems mesmerized by him. This, despite that he carelessly tosses her aside when she displeases him. His displeasure goes further, reaching its dark tentacles into the next generation, where it threatens to destroy more lives, including that of Kitty Underwood, Leah's daughter.
Kitty enrages him further by trying to save two friends from his wrath, but in turn, this leads to a startling discovery about her birth. Her fear changes to rage, and she avenges the dreadful wrong done to her mother.
Mary's Child is available as a trade paperback from your favorite bookstore or from Twilight Times Books. Visit www.devonshirebabe.com/dartmoor.htm for availability details.
Mary's Child is also available as an ebook in PDF, HTML, Palm and diskette.
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JAY’S GRAVE There is a lonely grave by the road not far from Hound Tor on Dartmoor that is never without flowers. It is marked on the Ordnance Survey map as Jay’s Grave.br />
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Around 1860, men working on the road unearthed what they thought were, at first, the remains of a pony. These were later discovered to be the bones of a young woman, and the local squire ordered them to be reburied in their present position. One of the road-mender’s wives recalled being told by her mother that it was the grave of a young girl known as M | |  | | PastPresent I: Web of Lies
A captivating story of passion and betrayal.
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In this book of journal entries, essays and poems, we embark on one woman's journey that is at first bitter and agonizing. Then, as we travel through her outbursts of disbelief, denial and resentment; while we empathize with her as she delves into childhood memories she'd rather forget, we begin to see how she's learning to move on to build a new life out of the fragments of the old.
The Winnowed Woman speaks to those who have faced similar circumstances. It will help them to discover self identity and find inner peace, rather than continue on the soul-destructive wheel of continuous mourning.
This book was first compiled in 2002. Parts of it were written before then and have been incorporated into the work, which although has some basis of truth, is a work of fiction.
It has been called a book that every woman should read.
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| |  | | Unraveled
Unraveled is a mixture of humor and seriousness, a smorgasbord of eccentric characters that are affected, some mildly, some not so mildly, when Uranus and Pluto go into a rare planetary configuration and wreak havoc, astrologically speaking, on planet Earth. For some people, the past becomes mixed up with the present, and those who would not as a rule be drawn towards each other find they are remembering shared past lives. Those who normally behave themselves begin acting strangely.
New relationships are formed, while some disintegrate, including Millicent Snood's, the wife of the founder and past-president of the West Coast Ferry Corporation, the illustrious Pug Snood. When saboteurs threaten Pug's favorite ferry, the Queen of Scots, everyone tries to keep it from him, but he eventually finds out what is going on. Not only is a dastardly plot revealed, but also in Pug's personal life, his long kept secrets are exposed. This nasty revelation sparks courage in Millicent, and in turn she finds hope for a happier future.
Although Unraveled is listed under Humor/New Age, there is a serious underlying story about a middle-aged woman who has just about had enough with her selfish, boring husband. After her son makes a faux pas in passing on some news he thought his mother knew, but she didn't, Millicent becomes enraged and this gives her enough courage to finally take charge of her life.
There are a lot of belly laughs in this book as well as some poignant moments.
| |  | | Who is Margaret? What is She?
Four stories, each a separate adventure, about unusual characters that at first appear to be like ordinary people. Is Margaret who she appears to be or someone altogether different? Can a new suit really alter our appearance? Just who is that man, sitting at the side of the road? Step into the future and learn about clones.
This little book is very popular as a quick read and is available from Twilight Times Books as an ebook download. For anyone who enjoys weird science-fiction stories, this book will give you a chuckle.
The stories were written by the author while she was in a weird space. Perhaps she is an alien?
| |  | | Writing up a Storm
Writing up a Storm addresses many of the issues that challenge new writers.
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